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Business
Administration Program Requirements
Each
student is required to complete 41-47 credits
in liberal education, known as the University
Requirements. Additionally, each business student
is required to complete 43 credits as follows:
- Business
Common Core (including a 3-credit MIS selection) 34
credits
- Analysis
and Applications 3 credits
- International/Global
course, keyed to each specialization 3 credits
- Business
elective 3 credits
- Cognate:
Personal Computer Applications 3 credits
Free electives range
from 14 to 17 credits depending on the student’s
area of specialization.
A
minimum of 50 percent of the 43-credit business
school requirement and at least 50 percent of
the requirements for each specialization (e.g.,
Accounting, Marketing) must be taken in the School
of Business at SCSU.
Course
Preqrequisites
A
course prerequisite is a course that should be
taken before registering for a subsequent course
of interest. The purpose of a prerequisite is
to prepare you with knowledge that is deemed necessary
for satisfactory completion of the subsequent
course. Students should consult the SCSU catalogue
and the Schedule of Classes booklet for prerequisite
information.
Program
Requirements
Business
Common Core (43 credits)
In
addition to the University Requirements, students
must complete the 43 credits:
- ACC
200 - Principles of Financial Accounting
- ACC
210 - Managerial Accounting for Non-Accounting
Majors (Accounting Majors take ACC 220 instead)
- ECO
101 - Principles of Micro-Economics*
- ECO
221 - Economic and Social Statistics
- FIN
300 - Corporation Finance
- MGT
240 - Legal Environment of Business
- MGT
300 - Management & Organization
- MGT
305 - Organizational Behavior
- MKT
320 - Principles of Marketing
- MGT
450 - Business Policy and Strategy
- Either
MIS 361 - Production-Operations Management or
MIS 370 - Business Information Systems
*Note:
ECO 100 - Principles of Macro-Economics is taken
by all business majors as Social Science A in
the University Requirements.
Analysis
and Applications (3 credits)
Students must choose
one of the following 3-credit courses:
- ACC
350 - Federal Income Taxation
- ACC
370 - Accounting Information Systems
- ECO
310 - Management Science
- ECO
321 - Introductory Econometrics
- ECO
375 - Quantitative Economics and Business
- ECO
410 - Managerial Economics
- ECO
430 - Decision Analysis
- ECO
431 - Forecasting Methods in Business & Economics
- FIN
341 - Principles of Investment
- FIN
343 - Commercial Banking
- FIN
346 - Risk Management and Insurance
- MGT
301 - Entrepreneurship & Small Business Mgmnt.
- MGT
335 - Business Law
- MGT
412 - Management Research Methods
- MGT
415 - Developing Managerial Skills
- MIS
361 - Production-Operations Management or MIS
370 - Business Information Systems (But the
course chosen must be different from the course
taken to satisfy the Business Common Core Requirements,
above.)
- MIS
375 - Executive Information Systems
- MKT
331 - Fundamentals of Advertising
- MKT
338 - Services Marketing
International/Global
Business Requirements (3 credits)
Students must take an international/global
business course as prescribed by their major.
- Accounting:
ACC 424 - International Accounting Business
- Economics:
ECO 350 - International Economics or FIN 347
- International Finance
- Finance:
FIN 347 - International Finance
- Management:
MGT 430 - Management of Multinational Corporations
or MGT 460 - International Business
- Marketing:
MKT 420 - International Marketing
Business
Elective (3 credits)
Each student must select one business course
outside his/her major as a Business Elective.
Requirements
To ensure students the opportunity to pursue the
objectives of a liberal education, all students
enrolled in this program are required to complete
41-47 credits in liberal education, known as the
University Requirements. Additionally, each business
student is required to complete 43 credits as
follows: a 34-credit block of course known as
the Business Common Core (including a 3-credit
MIS selection); a 3-credit of courses known as
Analysis and Applications; a 3-credit International/Global
business course keyed to each major; a 3-credit
Business Elective; and a 3-credit cognate in Personal
Computer Applications to provide professional
breadth. Depth in the chosen major is provided
through required courses and those chosen by the
student. Free electives, for a total of 14-17
credits, allow the student to pursue additional
areas of personal or professional interest. Although
6 of these 14-17 credits may be taken within the
School of Business, students are strongly encouraged
to take all their free electives outside the School
of Business.
A
minimum of 50 percent of the 43 credits represented
by the Business Common Core, Analysis and Applications,
International/Global course, and Business elective
and at least 50 percent of the course credits
required for each major (i.e. 10 of 20 credits
for Accounting and 9 of 18 credits for all other
majors) must be taken in the School of Business
at Southern Connecticut State University. Therefore,
no more than 31 or 30 total credit hours in the
Business Common Core Analysis and Applications,
International/Global requirement, Business Elective,
and the major can be transferred to SCSU from
other colleges or universities to meet the SCSU
B.S./Business Administration course graduation
requirements. In addition to meeting the SCSU
graduation requirements, a minimum of Quality
Point Ratio of 2.0 in the course credits for the
major is required for graduation, with no grade
less than a "C" in each of the specialization courses. A grade of C- or below in the specialization courses requires retaking the class.
Students
seeking a business administration major should
acquire the appropriate CPR form from Seabury
Hall 204 (for economics and finance), Seabury
209 (for marketing or management), or Seabury
216 (for accounting) and plan their program with
the help of an adviser.
The
following recommended four-year sequence is a
guide for students in planning their program:
| FRESHMAN
YEAR |
31
Credits
|
Communication
|
3
|
Composition
II
|
3
|
Fine
Arts
|
3
|
Foreign
Language
|
3
|
Natural
Sciences, Group B
|
3
|
College
Algebra
|
3
|
Philosophy
|
3
|
Physical
Education
|
1
|
Principles
of Macro-Economics
|
3
|
Principles
of Micro-Economics
|
3
|
Elective
|
3
|
| SOPHOMORE
YEAR |
31
Credits
|
Literature
|
3
|
Social
Sciences B
|
3
|
Principles
of Financial Accounting
|
4
|
Managerial
Accounting
|
3
|
Personal
Computer Applications
|
3
|
MAT
139 or MAT 150
|
3
|
Economics
and Social Statistics
|
3
|
Legal
Environment of Business
|
3
|
Major
Course
|
3
|
Electives
|
6
|
| JUNIOR
YEAR |
30
Credits
|
Health
Dynamics
|
1
|
History
of World Civilizations
|
3
|
Corporation
Finance
|
3
|
Management
& Organization
|
3
|
Business
Analysis and Applications
|
6
|
Production-Operations
Management or Business Information Systems
|
3
|
Principles
of Marketing
|
3
|
Major
Courses
|
3-6
|
Electives
|
2-5
|
| SENIOR
YEAR |
29-30
Credits
|
American
Political Foundations
|
3
|
Natural
Sciences, Group A
|
3
|
International/Global
Business Course
|
3
|
Business
Policy and Strategy Seminar
|
3
|
Business
Free Elective
|
3
|
Major
Courses
|
12-15
|
Electives
|
3-6
|
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